Bishop Robert Hennessey named to new position north of Boston

Most Rev. Robert F. Hennessey, a former vicar at churches in Hanson, Plymouth and Needham, as auxiliary bishop for the Merrimack region of the Archdiocese of Boston.

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Posted Jan. 23, 2014 at 12:53 PM
Updated Jan 23, 2014 at 6:10 PM

Posted Jan. 23, 2014 at 12:53 PM
Updated Jan 23, 2014 at 6:10 PM

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Cardinal Seán O'Malley announced Thursday that he has appointed the Most Rev. Robert F. Hennessey, a former vicar at churches in Hanson, Plymouth and Needham, as auxiliary bishop for the Merrimack region of the Archdiocese of Boston.

The appointment is effective March 9, 2014. Bishop Hennessey currently serves as auxiliary bishop for the Central region.

Bishop Hennessey was ordained in 1978 and became an auxiliary bishop of Boston in 2006. He has also served as pastor of Most Holy Redeemer in East Boston from 1994 to 2006 and as parochial vicar at St. Joseph in Hanson from 1978 to 1981, St. Peter in Plymouth from 1981 to 1982 and St. Joseph in Needham from 1983 to 1986. While at Most Holy Redeemer, he served as administrator at Our Lady of the Airways Chapel at Logan Airport and at Our Lady of the Assumption in East Boston.

He studied at Moreau Seminary at Notre Dame, Indiana and served in the Missionary Society of St. James the Apostle, founded by Cardinal Cushing as an international organization of diocesan missionary priests to serve the Church in Latin America.